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                    [0] => Action files concern cases in which a person, or body, is suing someone else in the Court for financial or other reasons. In the 1980s, their name changed to Civil Proceeding Files.
                )

            [id] => 2990
            [idSort] => 2990
            [name] => Christchurch Civil Proceedings files
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                    [custom5] => Files consisted of folded foolscap paper tied together with ribbon. In the 1990s, this changed to a flat file format.
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                            [0] => 12154
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                            [name] => Loose Papers
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            [history] => 

	Action (more recently called Civil Proceedings) files were civil cases in which a person, or body sued someone else in Court. The files comprised documents admitted as evidence, in addition to testimony and judgement. Over the years, the numbering system controlling the files has changed, but the actual content, scope and function of the files since their first use in the 1850s has remained constant. This series ended in 2003 when the Courts moved to a new electronic file system which brought all Court created files under a single registration system, although hard copy files were still created.
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                            [name] => Christchurch repository
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            [ricClassificationDescription] => Different numbering systems have been used over the years, but the content, function and scope of the files themselves has remained constant:
Action Files Numerical Running Series 1859-70 
Action Files Reverse Numerical Running Series 1871-75 (top numbered) 
Action Files Numerical Running Series 1876-82 
Action Files Numerical Running Series 1883-1950
Action Files Annual running number 1951-2003
            [seriesAccessContacts] => 

	Permission to access restricted records should be sought from the Christchurch High Court. Please check the Ministry of Justice’s website for the most up to date contact details at:

	https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/utilities/contact/courts

	Note: All requests for permission to access restricted records should provide information about the reason for the research. The more information provided, the easier it is to consider the request.
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	Restricted for 60 years from date of closure.
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